Sleigh-runner



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G. & W..HEGENBERGERQ SLBIGH RUNNER.

No. 33 175. Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

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GEORGE HEGENBERGER AND XYILLIAM HEGENBEEGER, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

SLEIGH-RUNNER.

EE'IECIFICATEQE forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,175, dated April 6, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE HEGEN- BERGER and WILLIAM HEGENBERGER, of Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful In p :ovements in Sleigh-Runners, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to that class of sleighrunners adapted to be secured to ordinary ve' hicles, and has for its object to so construct the runner as to give it the requisite strength and security against accidental displacement at a less cost than has been accomplished by means of prior constructions.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of our improved runner; Fig. 2, a top plan view; Fig. 3, a rear end view; Fig. 4, a longitudinal sectional View of the hub; Fig. 5, a section on the line a; m,- Fig. 6, a section on the line y y; Fig. 7, a modification.

A indicates the shoe, and B the rave, the two being riveted or fastened together at their forward ends in any suitable manner. A hub, G, is placed across rave 13, preferably near the rear end of the latter, and is secured thereto in a manner presently described.

D indicates a metallic band, which, after passing nearly around the hub O, is spread apart and extended down to the shoe A and bolted or otherwise secured thereto, thus forming a A-shaped brace, E, for the hub and rave, as well as for the rave and shoe. The band D is preferably made of flat iron and of about the same width as shoe A, and the band may be secured to the hub by screws passing through the band into the hub, if desired. A bolt, c,serves to bind the band firmly upon the hub, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, and to further insure the retention of the band in place it is set into the hub, as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 41.

F indicates another band, which also passes around the hub C, but at its outer end, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, a, and 6, the hub being grooved for the reception of the band, as

shown. This band, after passing about the hub, has its end bent outward slightly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6, to form ears to and b, through which passes a bolt, f, binding the band firmly upon the hub. Arms (1 extend from between the cars a b downward and (No model.)

backward to the arms of brace E, as shown, and are secured to said brace by rivets or in any other suitable manner, thus forming a brace or support for the outer end of the hub 0.

Instead 01' using two arms d and extending them to the brace E, a single arm may be found desirable in some cases, and when said single arm is used it will be extended down to the shoe A, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1, 3, and 1.

As shown in Fig. 7, the arms d d may be made integral with and as a continuation of the band F. The boltf, binding the bandF upon the hub, is extended forward to form a brace, g, riveted to the rave B near its front end, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, whereby the hub is steadied and maintained always at right angles to the shoe or runner. The bolt f is preferably provided with a jam-nut, h, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6.

To assistin retaining the runner on the axle and prevent accidental displacement thereof should the axle-nut be lost, we adopt the construction shown most clearly in Fig. 4.

L indicates an angular metallic plate secured to the axle by means of the ordinary thill-clip, or by a special clip or other means, as preferred, the vertical depending portion of the plate being provided with. a hole or opening, 2', as shown in Fig. 4. A rod, K, extends along the lower side of the hub O, and extends inward beyond the end of the hub, where it is furnished or formed with a hook, j, which passes through the opening t in plate L, and engages over the edge of said opening. The rod K passes between the inner faces of the upper end of the brace E, and is secured thereto by the bolt (2, which binds the band upon the hub, while the outer end of the rod is clamped between the band F and the hub O, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6. The inner hooked end of the rod K must be so formed as to yield and allow its hooked endjto spring out of the hole 1' when it is desired to remove the runner. The rave Bis preferably let into the under side of the hub O, as shown, and to insure greater stiffness it may be screwed to the hub, as indicated in dotted lines.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. In combination with shoe A and rave B,

a hub, O, resting upon said rave, and a band, D, passing about said hub and extended down to the shoe, substantially as shown.

2. In combination with shoe A, rave B, hub C, band D, and brace E, constructed substantially as herein described, band F and bracingarms d (l, integral with said band F.

3. In combination with shoe A, rave B, hub C, band D, and brace E, constructed substantially as described, band F at the outer end of the hub, arms (I d, secured to said band and extending inward to form a brace or support for the outer end of the hub, and bolt f, passing through arms d d and extended forward to form a brace, g, as and for the purpose set forth. 

